Ooops... wrong list... ----- Original Message ----- From: "JM_on_GR_H" <JM_on_GR_heritage@telus.net> To: <GermanRussian-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 11:44 PM Subject: [GERmanRUSsian] Re: Re: [GR-HERITAGE] Pest control... > Yes i have seen damage by hoppers... > and have also skidded on the TransCanada highway by Moosejaw, > when it was covered with those fat green insects > after they had gorged themselves elsewhere... > The road was slicker than a waterslide that was greased with butter... > My windshield was a mess too! > > And to think that the Royal Canadian Airforce > used do flight training from a field in Moosejaw... > A buddy of mine was stationed there... > > As an aside... i don't think that GRs brought the methods > described below along to Canada to fight hopper infestions... > Or??? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim Klein" <kleiji@wwc.edu> > To: <GR-HERITAGE@LISTSERV.NODAK.EDU> > Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 11:02 PM > Subject: Re: [GR-HERITAGE] Pest control... > > > > On page 136 of Joseph Heights' "Homesteaders on the Steppe", there is a > > reproduction of an 1838 woodcut by Kohl showing peoples' response to a > > locust invasion near Odessa in 1828 and 1829. Accompany text states: > > > > "Every able-bodied man, woman, and child was required to rally to the > > fight. People tried desperately to deter the swarms from landing on the > > fields by creating a pandemonium of noise. Men fired shots into the > > air, hoisted firebrands and scarecrows on long poles, beat loudly on > > kettle drums, and built smudges of damp straw and litter. Sometimes the > > din and the smoke actually caused an approaching swarm to veer from its > > course and by-pass a village. But when it descended upon a field or > > garden, the locust fighters quickly encircled it with numerous fires and > > tried to exterminate the invaders on the ground by throwing in faggots > > of burning straw or running horse-drawn rollers over the field. But all > > the efforts to stave off disaster were of little avail. When the > > depredators had gorged themselves they rose en masse into the air, > > leaving behind a scene of vast ruin and desolation." > > > > >>> JM_on_GR_H <JM_on_GR_heritage@telus.net> 08/23/04 7:33 PM >>> > > While doing some research on "bio-remedies" i wondered if anyone has any > > stories they can share about what The Germans IN Russia may have done > > about > > agricultural or "garden" pests... > > > > I remember, as a kid collecting [Colorado] potato beetles on my > > grandfather's farm. > > > > > > > > > ==== GermanRussian Mailing List ==== > RootsWeb's mailing lists are filtered and attachments are NOT allowed. > >